Topic: English Football

[Chris1987]

Sir Alex Ferguson is now our longest-serving Manchester United manager ever; 24 years, 1 month and 13 days. We salute you Sir Alex! Going past the mark of fellow Manchester United legend Sir Matt Busby

[Babblelot]

24 years! Damn!

[Chris1987]

24 years! Damn!

Unbelievable achievement isn't it. To be at the biggest football club in the world that long and to have built 4-5 different teams completely is absolutely sensational with all the success he has brought after 26 years with almost nothing

[Babblelot]

Where's my brother from a Serbian mother hiding? Luggy, come get your whoppin'? 

[Chris1987]

Looking forward to tonights game and what a huge game it has become! Loser tonight is really going to start to slip behind the pace setters and face a difficult task going into the New Year. I will be hoping for an Arsenal win tonight or even a draw would do nicely

[Babblelot]

Handball = indirect kick

[Babblelot]

Feeling good, Christopher!

GO GUNNERS! 

[Babblelot]

3-0!!!!!

[Babblelot]

We're back!!!

[Chris1987]

Excellent and such a crucial win that is for you guys Babble. You needed to get past the hoodoo when it comes to United and Chelsea the last few years and you did that tonight. Chelsea are really struggling so much right now, in the Premiership there's only Fulham with a worse record the past 6 games! They sit 6 behind us now nd have played a game more too! Arsenal move into 2nd spot 2 points behind us having played an extra game.

[Babblelot]

Chris, what's your expectation for City? You haven't mentioned them. Is that because you don't think they'll be top 3 in the final weeks?

[Chris1987]

Chris, what's your expectation for City? You haven't mentioned them. Is that because you don't think they'll be top 3 in the final weeks?

Simply put Babble however money they throw in to try and buy trophies the bottom line is they'll always be sh!ŁŁy City. No I don't think they'll be right up near the top come the end of the season, maybe 4th however if we keep throwing points away(although the idiotic referee and his assistant ensured that last night ) then it will bring a team like City more into it. Looks like being a very close season does this one, and I definitely think Chelsea will put a big run together and Arsenal if they can stay consistent have a real chance of being right up there come May.

[Chris1987]

Big win today away from home after our draw struggles, 2-1 at WBA and that just puts a little pressure on the chasing pack to win too this weekend.

[Babblelot]

I didn't realize we drew at Wigan on Wednesday. We're so retarded. We never pick up points when we get the opportunity.

3-0 today. So Hleb wound up at BC. What a shame.

[Chris1987]

I didn't realize we drew at Wigan on Wednesday. We're so retarded. We never pick up points when we get the opportunity.

3-0 today. So Hleb wound up at BC. What a shame.

Yeah we're all dropping points this season that we just shouldn't be :\But that's a good comprehensive win for you today away there, clearly Birmingham just wanted to put everything int othe game against us the other night Yeah Hleb's career really hasn't gone anywhere since he left Arsenal, after being in the reserves at Barca then going to Germany for a year I think it was and now Birmingham!

[Babblelot]

Wild match at the Bridge. The game changed leads twice and tied 3 times. 3 goals from 84' on.

[Chris1987]

Wild match at the Bridge. The game changed leads twice and tied 3 times. 3 goals from 84' on.

Yeah that was an unbelievable finish, thought Chelsea had that won but what a sloppy goal to give for the 3-3 goal. Good result for both of us it that 1 

[Babblelot]

This is so un-American. This is embarrassing. Where's kickserve?  


English Football Champions

Season   Champions
1992–93   Manchester United
1993–94   Manchester United
1994–95   Blackburn Rovers
1995–96   Manchester United
1996–97   Manchester United
1997–98   Arsenal
1998–99   Manchester United
1999–2000   Manchester United
2000–01   Manchester United
2001–02   Arsenal
2002–03   Manchester United
2003–04   Arsenal
2004–05   Chelsea
2005–06   Chelsea
2006–07   Manchester United
2007–08   Manchester United
2008–09   Manchester United
2009–10   Chelsea

United  11 - in 18 years.
Arsenal  3
Chelsea  3
Blackburn  1

American Football Champions
1993 Dallas
1994 Dallas
1995 San Francisco
1996 Dallas
1997 Green Bay
1998 Denver
1999 Denver
2000 St. Louis
2001 Baltimore
2002 New England
2003 Tampa Bay
2004 New England
2005 New England
2006 Pittsburgh
2007 Indianapolis
2008 New York Giants
2009 Pittsburgh
2010 New Orleans

12 teams in 18 years 


No wonder you don't fear other teams, Chris    Sheesh! and I thought Pete and Roger were boring!

This is like the one sport where money can buy you championships. You guys need a salary cap!

[Chris1987]

And there's at least 3 years there that we really ought to have won the Championship as well but screwed up either the last day of the season or at an earlier point in time.

Funny thing is as well Babs before the Premiership was introduced in 1992 we hadn't won the League title for 26 years whereas Liverpool had won 18 of the things compared to our 7. Now all of a sudden we sit level on 18 titles a piece with us winning 11 in no time at all really whereas Liverpool have won 0!

Good thing from our point of view is we had a good squad of youngsters that came through a year or 2 into the Premiership of Giggs, Scholes, Beckham, the 2 Nevilles, Butt and added with a few buys with our own money thats what has made for 20 unbelievable years almost. Now the Chelsea's and Man City's ahve very much just looked at buying the title with their foreign owners But with not having a salary cap it does mean unless a team gets a foreign investor now you are 95% likely to see the same teams challenging for the title each season. The first 3-4 years of the Premiership Blackburn were our big rivals for the title and had a terrific side but then they couldn't keep up financially towards the end of the 90s.

[Chris1987]

Pressure on the chasing pack again tonight after we beat Stoke last night 2-1 at Old Tarafford goals from Hernandez and Nani mean we're 3 points clear with a game in hand too!